The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `duplicate_post()` function in all versions up to, and including, …
Medium CVSS 4.3
Summary
The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `duplicate_post()` function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.11. This is due to the function not verifying that the user has `edit_others_posts` capability before accepting a `selectedAuthorId` parameter via the `duplicate-post` REST endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create duplicated…
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L520
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L550
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L728
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485579/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/64553742-ff2b-40e9-92c3-3458a9f988a2?source=cve
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD